Yikes. Its been like a month since I last updated. Sorry. I have a lot of things happening. This Sunday though, I'll get a new chapter in. Or I'll try my best.

Gr8rockstarrox- well, I tried for 3k. Instead I think it's like half that. Sorry, I'll try to make the next one longer.

Angelbaby1231- scorilys going to start in this fic. I think my next one might be a Sirius black fic, cuz I always liked him. Plus it might be fun to write.

Adalie grabbed a drink from one of the waiters passing by. The engagement party was fun, but after seven hours, even the most fun things became exhausting. She took her drink and made her way towards the terrace door. Making sure to make a lot of noise, she unlocked the door. Last year, when she had visited Rose's house for her birthday, she had walked in on Louis Weasley making out with Alice Longbottom. Louis had laughed it off, but Alice had turned bright red, and ran out of the room. It was a different house, but she didn't want to relive the experience.

She walked onto the terrace, and immediately bumped into Albus and Lia Chase snogging.

You've got to be kidding me! After all the trouble she went through to make sure anyone who was out there heard her coming too!

She turned her attention to the couple. Lia didn't look like she was going to run away. She looked furious, though Adalie couldn't understand why. It wasn't like she had interrupted them on purpose.

Then her eyes fell on Lia's pretty white dress-or more accurately, the giant red stain all over it- and then to the empty glass in her hand.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to, I swear!"

Lia stood up straighter, and glared. "Just watch where you're going. Bitch."

The apologetic look on Adalie's face turned to a polite smile. "Sorry." She repeated.

"Do you even know how much this dress fucking costs?"

Adalie bit back a comment about the Gryffindor's unfortunate new resemblance to the flag of Japan. "No, but I'm sure it's expensive."

"Damn right!" Apparently deciding Adalie was no longer worth her time, she turned to Albus. "Coming, Al?"

"Yeah, just give me a second."

Lia turned around again, and Adalie silently passed her a handful of tissues. The blonde girl sniffed, but took them, wiping at the stain as she walked inside.

Adalie put her purse on the floor and sank into a comfy couch- which seemed to her to be a weird thing to have on a terrace, but she wasn't going to judge- before kicking her shoes off.

Albus sat down in the chair beside her. "So. What did you put on those napkins?"

She looked at him, startled, then grinned guiltily. "That's a surprise. But I would avoid kissing her for a few days. I'm not sure if it's contagious or not."

He laughed. "Kinda vengeful for a Hufflepuff, aren't you?"

"Oi! She called me a bitch! I can put up with a lot but nobody calls me a bitch and gets to keep their skin the way it is."

"So it's got something to do with her skin, huh? Boils?" He looked thoughtful, and Adalie couldn't stop the grin from spreading over her face, nothing guilty about it this time.

"That's part of it."

"Remind me never to get on your bad side."

"Don't tell anyone. You'll ruin my reputation." She said, stretching out her legs to rest them on a conveniently placed footstool.

"Don't worry, I won't tell. I rather like my skin the way it is, thanks."

She darted a glance to the door. "Your date's gonna be wondering where you are."

He shrugged. "Eh. If I can't snog her, than I don't really want to hang out around her."

Adalie stared incredulously at him, and he raised his hands placatingly. "That sounded much cooler and much less offensive in my head. Lia and I aren't together. It's more like she comes to me when she's bored, and I come to her when I'm bored."

"So you're like casual bang buddies." Adalie said flatly.

"Eloquent." He noted. "But, yeah."

They sat talking for a little while, about Gryffindor's Quidditch team, then about Ravenclaw's. When he tried asking about Hufflepuff's, she just laughed.

"Nice try, but Scamander would murder me if he thought I'd been giving away team secrets."

Lysander Scamander was Seeker and Captain of the Hufflepuff team, and he took his job very seriously.

But Adalie was getting more and more tired by the minute and no one inside seemed to be letting up.

The conversation came to a lull, and she felt her head starting to droop to the side.

She woke up a little while later, her sleep addled brain recognizing the fact that there was something underneath her, and it was slightly uncomfortable. Too sleepy to move off, she wiggled around a little, then went back to sleep.

Sunlight was shining in Adalie's eyes and she blinked. She turned her head a little, and came face to face with Albus. They were both lying down on the couch, her head on his chest, her arms wrapped around him. One of his arms was around her, and the other was dangling off the couch onto the floor.

Yawning, she quickly pushed herself off, her face red.

Just then Nila came out onto the terrace, and looked at Albus, who was still sleeping, and then at Adalie's bright red face. She didn't say anything. Instead, she waggled her eyebrows and grinned in a way that was much worse then any joke she could have made.

"Merlin, Adds, you could've at least found a bed." Oh joy. James had decided to join them.

"Fan-bloody-tastic." Albus muttered, lifting himself off the couch.

Just then, Adalie noticed the giant breakfast tray in Nila's hands, and looked up, confused.

"Mum said that if you two weren't too busy canoodling, you could eat some breakfast, and then get dressed, but if this is a priority for you, it's completely understandable and you should feel free to continue." James recited.

"Exact words." Nila said, nodding, as she set down the tray.

" Albus, I thought you said that Ad-"

"James." Albus interrupted. "In the name of Salazar Slytherin's striped suspenders, please stop talking."

"Say that five times fast." James said to Nila as they left.

Weirdly enough, Nila obliged. The things you'd do for love, she supposed.

Adalie turned to Albus, and grinned. He glared. She beamed. He frowned. She racked it up a notch. He scowled.

"Oh, don't go back to that!"

His scowl disappeared and he stared, bemusedly at her.

" Don't go back to the whole 'let's scowl every time Adalie takes a breath until her cheeks hurt from having to deal with you."

He looked hesitant for a moment, then laughed, which was pretty adorable, actually. "Fine. Let's eat instead."

Adalie narrowed her eyes at him and his sudden mood changes. What was up with him? But there was no time to contemplate that, because he had started eating, and at the rate he was going, there wasn't going to be any bacon left soon.

That couldn't be allowed.

"Where are we going today?" Adalie asked, while trying to push his arm away from the bacon so she could at least have some.

"Scorpius's place." He replied, pushing back.

"When are we going over to Rose's?" Giving up on trying to push away his arm, she instead grabbed the plate.

"Tomorrow." He grabbed a piece while she was holding the plate, and started to bring it to his mouth.

"I thought I was leaving tomorrow?" She whacked his wrist before the bacon reached his mouth, and moved, so that when he dropped it, she caught it. Popping the bacon into her mouth, she grinned at his offended expression.

"That's the day after tomorrow." He corrected. "Get your dates straight." He grabbed her wrist, and then took the plate out of her hands, eating another piece before she could grab the plate back.

"Get your face straight." She retorted, feeling about as witty as a five year old. She ate another piece of bacon to make herself feel better.

"Clever." He remarked dryly, reaching for the plate again, scowling when she moved it out of his reach. There was only one piece left, and hell if she was letting him have it.

He threw his hands up in the air and turned away after she moved the plate away from him a second time. She was bringing the strip of bacon to her mouth when suddenly she couldn't move. She could only watch as Albus tucked his wand away, and plucked the strip out of her hand. Only when it was in his mouth did he pull his wand out again and undo the body bind spell.

She glared at him and he shrugged. "I'm a Slytherin, y'know?" He winked at her before grabbing the tray and walking away.

She threw a pillow at his retreating back

So that's it. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and if you didn't, you should. Again, I'll try to have the next chapter up on Sunday.